Friday, May 20, 2011

What are some popular Japanese pop singers?

Question:

I prefer them to be new/ updated, it doesnt matter if its boy or girl but it has to be appropriate. Thanks!

Answer:

Here are some others,

EXILE - JPOP Male group
Bump of Chicken - JPOP Male group

Can someone please tell me what this image says? (Japanese)?

Question:

http://i51.tinypic.com/2chruvm.png

thanks in advance!

Answer:

「なかよしネット」 / "nakayoshi net"
It's a series of characters by San-X Co.

Anyone please help, I'm not Japanese. Will Akari Hayami join Momoiro Clover again?

Question:

I'm very sad that she left even though I know her since a week only. She & Ayaka was the two of them who made me happy.I now she's gone I'm feeling really sad, And I'm not even Japanese so I don't have any news/updates about her. All I have is the music videos. It's not that I'm in true love with her and wanna marry her and all that, It's just that she made me happy.

Answer:

Hi Jake, Sorry but it looks like Akari san has moved on to pastures new. She said she wanted a normal life. I think she thought the group was not going to be really big so got out at the top. Sorry I can't help you with anymore info.

Japan : Question about japanese writing on shirt?

Question:

http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Star-Vol-2-L…

what does it say on the shirt

Answer:

Agreed on the 6-3 Izumi.

I also haven't seen the show, but it looks like a sports uniform for a school student. If that's the case, the 6-3 would represent the student's grade (6) and class within the grade (3), and the kanji would be the student's name (probably family name). By the way, if I'm right about this, the character would be an elementary school student. 6th grade in Japan is the last grade of elementary school, and both junior and senior high school are three years long, with grades designated 1-3 at each level.

Te-form of verb+adjective, what grammar is it in Japanese language?

Question:

For example読んで良かった in あなたが読んで良かった本は? Why is 読んで used instead of 読んだ?

Answer:

1. Why does it matter? Why are you　looking for some sort of cosmic reason? Because that's the way it is, man.
What grammar is it? Ummm....Japanese grammar?

When you are using the verb +yokatta, you are connecting one part of the sentence to the other. The verb or adjective you use is presented as being part 1, and the outcome is part 2

kasa o motte kite, yokkata. It was good that I brought an umbrella. With the -te form, you can see that the first clause is connected to the adjective.

if you said
kasa o motte kita. Yokatta. You are developing ideas one at a time, like a two or three year old does.
The ability to synthesize your speech and draw conclusions based on actions is part of the job of the te form, why? I don't know, but I think it has something to do with Shinto and green tea and wabisabi and hello kitty.

In Japan, if you drink from the same cup as someone it's an indirect kiss, so whats bathing in the same water?

Question:

I was thinking about how in anime people get all flustered sharing a drink with someone, but then if someone's at their house and they have to take a bath after someone they don't
I'd think you'd be more self conscious about bathing in someone else's water though
Or do they not think anything of it?

Answer:

Japanese people have a shower before they enter the bath, so generally speaking, they are already clean.

I think bathing in the same water has just stayed apart of the Japanese culture, but to the Japanese, it is completely normal. It's like us westerners drinking from the same cup or blowing our noses in public which the Japanese see as impolite and just not to be done.

I am going on exchange to Japan, and have been told that I'll have to use the same bath water as the family. But because I am a guest, I have the luxury of bathing first, which just completely relieves me haha

Asian drama with jealous guys?

Question:

i kinda find it cute when the main guy is always getting jealous. does anyone know an asian drama like that?
i only watch korean and japanese ones. thanks :)

Answer:

When guys get jealous and the woman enjoys it the guy just goes and finds another woman who doesn't like making him jealous

Do Indonesian need a visa when having transit in Narita Airport for 24 hours?

Question:

My mom will have her flight from WAS-NRT and will continue her flight the next day from NRT-CGK(Jakarta) Does she need a visa?? or I heard Japan Immigration will give a shore pass for people who have transit flight only for 24 hours?

Answer:

It was my impression that you don't need a visa just to transit, as in NOT leave the airport. If you leave the airport, you'll have to go through customs and immigration, then you will need a visa if required for your country of origin.

What are the 6 most spoken foreign languages in Japanese?

Question:

Excluding Japanese since it's not foreign to Japan (of course). Not necessarily in order.

Would they be: Chinese, Korean, English, Portugese (mostly with Brazilian-Japanese), French, and Spanish (from Peruvian-Japanese)?

Answer:

English-pnly is complete BS. I worked at a college that offered classes for businessmen---guess what language they are learning?

1. Chinese
2. Spanish
3. Korean

Chances are, in 1981, if you were a Japanese businessman, you may go work at the factory in Illinois. Now the factory is in Guangdong.
High Schools are starting to offer Chinese and English.

Portuguese is important, and if you are a civil servant living in an area with Portuguese residents, it is a good skill to have.

So your answer was totally right. Koreans make up the biggest minority in Japan, and Korean culture is popular so many people learn it instead of English.

How does unaccompanied minors work?

Question:

My parents are thinking about sending me away to visit relatives but cant come with me on the plane? they want to know more about it. they think its not safe . im begging them to let me. i just want to know how it works does a flight attendent sit with you . and someone told me they put u in first class is that true ? how old do u have to be to fly alone out of the country? Is it safe to fly alone out of the country. the plane my parents are thinking about is alitalia couse no other plane goes to my country. Thanks

Answer:

You need to ask the airline its own rules regarding unaccompanied minors since they differ. For many airlines though if you are 12 years old or higher you are considered an adult and can fly alone without any special requirements. For Alitalia it is 15. If you're younger then you are unaccompanied minor, and generally the airline needs to get the contact info of the person taking you to the airport as well as who is picking you up when you arrive. Some airlines also have surcharges. If you are connecting from one airline to another you must make sure that both airlines allow such connections. Many don't.
You're seriously dreaming if you think that unaccompanied minor means a free bump up to first class.
And you are not sitting with the flight attendants either. Some airlines like JAL and ANA can do unaccompanied minor service from 5 years old.
People are sending their kids as unaccompanied minor all the time - it is quite safe as far as Japan goes. You don't exactly say where you are leaving from though, but since losing a kid is a big legal and media nightmare, all airlines are very careful.

Are there any 100 yen shops near Tokyo Station?

Question:

What is the nearest one that you know of?

Answer:

There is a Lawson 100 yen shop around its Yaesu exit.

Who's the woman in this?

Question:

Not the dancers. But the girl singing with Hyadain. She's adorable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osWXbe7Mb…

Answer:

the comment says 麻生夏子ちゃんが可愛すぎる

so it must be 麻生夏子ちゃん.

What's the most popular website in Japan?

Question:

anyone knows? is it google?

Answer:

Yahoo Japan is number 1.

This list will give you the top 100 websites visited in Japan as of January 2011.

http://www.google.com/adplanner/static/t…

I'm shocked youtube is only 4th lol.

Can you please correct this paragraph? I'm trying to comunicate with a japanese girl...?

Question:

Ok. I'll give the english translation and then i'll try the japanese one.

Hi koyuki. Thanks for sending me a message. Like you, i really try to come to this site to see if you sent any messages but it's really hard because i have no time. I saw that your test will be about japanese and english. When i go to Japan, we'll able to practice together. I'll teach you english or spanish and you'll teach me japanese.That'd would be fun...

In my country, education is structure in 3 parts: initial (3-5 years), basic (6-14 years) and medium (15-18 years), and then higher education comes. Here, everyone has to go to school at least until 14 years old. Then comes university, but that's too hard for me to explain in japanese.

Do japanese students have to take foreign languages?. Here, we have to take english and french (and spanish as a native language). Do japanese too?
And how are you preparing for your big test? Are you getting trained?

Japanese text:

こんにちはコユキちゃん。メッセージを送って、ありがとう。君の様に、
君に送られたメッセージが有る事見るために来てみるけど、
時間が無いよ。試験の科目は国語と英語だ
と見た。僕は日本に行く時、一緒に勉強出来て、
日本語を教えてくれて、英語か
スペイン語教えてあげる。楽しいねー。

僕の国の教育は部分を3つが有る。初期(3-5年間)、
ベーシク(6-14年間)、中学校(15-18年間)。
それから、大学が来るだけど、僕には日本語でとっても
説明し難いだよ。

日本の学生は外国語をしなければなりませんか?
ここの生徒がフランス語と英語
を合格しなきゃ（スペイン語は公用語）。日本人は?
君もどう勉強する?訓練生に成ったんですか?　

Posdate: I had to write the japanese text like that because when i wrote it normally, Yahoo erased it almost completely and i had to do it all over again X_X.

Thanks for the corrections. I'll really appreciate it.

Answer:

こんにちはコユキちゃん。メッセージを送ってくれて、ありがとう。
僕もこのサイトに君がメッセージを送ってくれたかチェックしに来てみるけど、
その暇があまりなくてなかなかチェックできないよ。
試験の科目は国語と英語みたいだね。
もし僕が日本に行くことができたら、日本語と英語の教えあいっこできるね。
きみがぼくに日本語を教えてくれて、ぼくは英語か
スペイン語をきみに教えてあげる。楽しみだなー。

僕の国の学校システムは、幼稚園(3-5年間)、
小中(6-14年間)、高校(15-18年間)　だよ。
１４歳まではみんな義務教育で学校に行かなきゃ行けないんだ。
それから、大学があるんだけど、僕には日本語でそれを説明するのはとっても
難しすぎるよ。

日本の学生は外国語を勉強しなくてはいけないの?
こっちの生徒はフランス語と英語を学ぶんだよ。
（ちなみにスペイン語は公用語）
日本人の学生もそうなの?

テストの勉強は順調？もう準備万端になった？　

I changed the part for schooling system being 3 parts. for initial, basic, and medium to pre-k, elementary-middle, and highschool. If it's not the right way, then you can use different expressions, i guess.

hope it helps

Name of a japanese drama i can't remember?

Question:

description of drama (the first episode):
there's this girl who was tricked into marrying this rich guy who sold toys and only had one month to live. but she grew to like him in that month because he was very nice. in the contract that she mistakenly signed, it said that she had to spend 3 months living with his adopted sons and she had to try to make them recognize her as her son.
the actoress was the same person as mizuki from hana kimi. if this helps
Ty

Answer:

Atashinchi no Danshi ^_^

Japanese boys shyness?

Question:

So...I've observed that Japanese boys, compared to Japanese girls are more introvert and this is becoming one of my difficulties since I wanted to make friends with them (both boys and girls) and Japanese boys are just more difficult to deal with.
I am a foreigner (Asian) here and has been trying to make friends with the Japanese students. So far, the girls are so nice to me such that even though they are not so good in English, they still try and talk to me. On the other hand, when it comes to the guys, I always am the one who makes the initiative to start a conversation (mostly in English). They would respond and try so hard to talk in English (some are good, some are so-so but not as bad and knows beyond the basic). When I talk to them, they are nice but outside the classroom, we never really "interact" that much. I want to make friends with them and not only be a foreign "classmate" to them.

I wanted to share more of the instances where I felt these guys just don't "like" me but since I have no time atm, I would appreciate to hear your advices.

Thank you very much!

Answer:

Relationship between men and women is more distant in Japan than in western countries. So it's common that Japanese boys act that way to a girl. It's not just to you but to Japanese girls as well.

Japanese girls are "introvert" to boys on the other hand.

It's just Japanese custom.

Help please japan plzzzzzzzz?

Question:

how do i get a scholarship to japan
am 13 years of age and i love japan
i want to got to japan as an exchange student .
how do i get the scholarship and give me websites to help me plzzzzzzzzzz

Answer:

I totally feel the same way except I'm fourteen. I have the sames dreams as you except that I want to also learn Japanese and Korean (Hangul). I'm sure you can talk to your guidance counselor in school. You could also Google it.

Do they speak English on Air Japan?

Question:

I have a connecting flight from Japan to Singapore. Ive never been on an international flight. I was wondering do they speak English on the plane?

Answer:

Yes. Singapoeans speaj english and all international flight use english so yes, they speak english.

Japanese: what does this mean?

Question:

2011福袋のBAG

新品送込
2500円/送料込

新品未使用です
内ﾎﾟｹｯﾄが3つついてて
中身も結構入ると思います

Answer:

It's just a bag product with 3 pockets inside. brand-new

The price is 2500 yen including shipping.

In Japan what kind of place is "LOFT STREET CLUB sakae tokyo osaka?

Question:

Answer:

There is a bar with that name in Tokyo.

Can some one break these questions down and the difference please...?

Question:

-Sumimasen,
kore chigau n desu kedo.
Also what is the ".....n desu kedo"?

-Kore chuumon shinakatta
n desu kedo.

-Kore chigau to omou n desu kedo.

Answer:

-Sumimasen, = Sorry or excuse me
kore chigau n desu kedo.= Kore (this) chigau(different), n (shortened from chigau no) desu kedo(be)
More formal way of saying it would be "Koreha chigauno desukedo".
altogether meaning "This (food) is different (from what I ordered).

Also what is the ".....n desu kedo"?
"n" is frequently used in our casual daily conversation, "Anohito sitte "n" no?" = "Anohito sitteiru no?"
(You know him?)
-Kore(This) chuumon(order) shinakatta n (did not)
desu kedo.(polite way to complete sentence)

-Kore chigau to omou n desu kedo
chigau (different) to omou n (think 'so')
meaning I think this is different from (the one I asked).

Do a lot of Japanese people know how to speak english nowdays ?

Question:

Does that mean I don't have to learn Japanese to live in Japan ?
Also do a lot of Japanese people speak english fluently .

Answer:

I've met a few that are what I would call fluent, but they are very rare. I've also met a few more that can get by. But the great majority just freeze up. They were taught to read and write for 6 years in school. Doesn't do much toward developing speaking skills.

What is written on this japanese image?

Question:

I mean what's the dialogue between them? I'd be so grateful if someone could translate this for me ^.^

http://img17.pixiv.net/img/akoya_24/8028…

Natsuhi is the woman & Battler the sleeping guy

Answer:

The girl is trying to clean her ears so that she would get a job or something.

The left person says she's not sure.

Japan just annoinced a new, revolutional plan, SUNRISE?

Question:

Japanese goverment revealed a revolutional new energy plan called SUNRISE.
This plan aims to install solar cells on every single one of all houses in Japan by 2030.

What do you think of this?

Answer:

I think I've heard this news long time ago (2 years ago I think). Anyway, Naoto Kan mentioned about looking for renewable energy and something about that. I do hope the government invest more on something like this. It may be an expensive investment at start but it has better long term effect and non hazardous effects. A town in Germany had equipped 5,000 homes with solar panels, let's see if our country, Japan, can make the whole country solar powered by 2030.

Would iphone (att or verizon) work in Japan?

Question:

Does it need to be unlocked? Roaming Fee for calls and Data? How does it work exactly? Are there any other types of phone from U.S. that work in Japan? Thank you!

Answer:

iPhone from AT&T or Verizon will work in Japan as roaming.
It does not need to be unlocked.

For Verizon, you need to call the Verizon customer service before you go to Japan and make sure your account is allowed to call internationally and roaming.

For AT&T, you need to subscribe to a free "Expanded International Roaming" option.

The call costs $1.99 per minutes for Verizon, both calling and receiving.
It costs $2.29 per minutes for AT&T, both calling and receiving. If you subscribe to the AT&T World Traveler optional plan, which costs $5.99 per month, the call rate is reduced to $1.69.

The data with Verizon costs an expensive $0.02 per 1KB. There's no international roaming discount rate in Japan with a Verizon phone.

The international roaming cost for AT&T is $0.0195 per 1KB if you don't subscribe to a Global Data Add-On plan. If you subscribe to a Global Data Add-On plan, it will be reduced to $24.99 for 20MB, $59.99 for 50MB, $119.99 for 100MB or $199.99 for 200MB. The excess bytes are charged at $0.005 per 1KB.
So, the AT&T's international roaming data plan is cheaper by about one-fourth of Verizon's if you subscribe to AT&T's Global Data Add-On plan before you go to Japan.
You can cancel the Global Data Add-On plan right after you come back to the USA.

If your account is enabled for roaming, when you arrive at a Japanese airport and turn on your phone, it will receive the SMS text message from AT&T or Verizon welcoming you to Japan with a short message on how to dial in Japan.

Any AT&T smart phone (iphone/Android/Blackberry) that supports 2100MHz 3G frequency will work in Japan as the same way as iPhone from AT&T.
Any Verizon/Sprint smart phone (iphone/Android/Blackberry) that supports 800MHz CDMA2000 frequency will work in Japan as the same way as iPhone from Verizon.

Any newer (3-4 year-old or newer) non-smartphone from AT&T/Verizon/Sprint will work in Japan as voice-only roaming.

Some T-Mobile 3G smartphone may work in Japan.

What does "booyakashaw" mean, its supposed to be japanese?

Question:

Answer:

There is no Japanese word like that.

How is the nuclear radiation affecting the people of japan?

Question:

what are a few effects? (minor and major)

Answer:

People around Fukushima Plant have been ordered to evacuate soon after the accident happened on March 11. So far, tens of thousand of people live in shelters.

There's been no major effect on health of Japanese people except for a few workers still working at Fukushima Plant.

Who can i write i am the best in japanese lagn?

Question:

Answer:

You first have to write it correctly in English.

How long can it take to learn japanese(to read and understand, not speaking)?

Question:

It's kinda look impossible to me but I really wanna learn japanese. 'cause I REALLY love J-horror unique style and Momoiro Clover.

Currently I can't read,write and understand Japanese at all except Okasa=Mother that's all I know at this time Lol

Answer:

"Momoiro Clover" are a young Japanese girl group. so I assume you are of the same age. A great age to be learning another language, be it Japanese, Chinese or Korean etc.
I would say that one of the problems in learning the language is in overcoming the "Cultural gap". Japanese is spoken by people from a social and cultural background entirely different from your own, and you will find that the learning process is made much easier if you read some books on Japanese society and culture.
I'm not saying for one minute that the language is easy to learn, far from it. All I'm saying is that you are young and your mind is not all cluttered up with adult things as yet and this is the time to study. Who knows, one day you may be able to communicate with those six girls you so admire.

Take the bull by the horns buddy and go for it, Good luck.

Will you visit Japan now?

Question:

If any chance with time and budget, will you visit Japan now or within a year?

Too many garbage are left out there after 311 earthquake and tsunami
in Miyagi-pref where is located beside Fukushima-pref.
According to news reports, it’s equivalent to the quantity for 23 years.
Chunk of wood, rubble, metal and “anything” from collapsed building and house.
You saw it on TV news, right?

Then the level 7 incident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP followed.
All radioactive pollution came out,
spread out to broad area including Miyagi-pref in wind
and contaminated air, soil and pacific ocean.

Then the fact is that Japanese government ask each municipalities all over Japan
to accept disposal of those garbage at each location,
and some of those municipalities will take it without any objection.
One of them is Kyoto well-known sightseeing spot where you might have ever been to.

Japanese government says that they wouldn't move those garbage if being contaminated.
International regulation prohibit such conduct as moving radiation contaminated material.
But in this case of Miyagi, I have to doubt if those garbage are radiation-contaminated.
Excuse as being below level of regulation?

So I’m asking that question above.
What do you think?
I really want to listen to your voice, to see what kind of impact is there,,,,
Once I get any response, will translate it into Japanese and post Facebook group.
Thank you for your comment in advance!!

PS ; Yes, we want to help Fukushima. But this government plan is different from it.

Answer:

Before the tsunami and earthquakes, my daughter wanted to eventually live in Japan. She loves the culture, the art...What had happened to Japan is absolutely horrible. And, the accumulating garbage issue in Miyagi is just one of the many other issues that a healing Japan will contend with. It will take time and effort, but I believe that over time the garbage issue will be delt with. People will have to place this issue on public agendas. The government is probably handling many different things and if the issue is on a public agenda, the government will eventually address the issue.

As for your original question, if I had the time and budget I would not visit Japan now or within a year....but my reasons are because of specific and important restrictions and constraints.

I wish all the best to you and Japan.

Can I use Ameblo if I don't know Japanese? Can I translate through google and paste the japanese words?

Question:

Answer:

Well as an user of Ameba pigg i can say that writting a blog based on Google Translate would be hard for everyone to understand. That would be like someone saying in english "I tried a big apple eating when friend yesterday came". Why? Just because online translators are monotone and robotic. They aren't adapted to the language japanese people use every day. So translators sound like a caveman when translating to a language.

Posdate: I really want to know how did you create an account in Amebba pigg withouth speaking japanese? (i assume that because you say you're gonna use Google to make a blog). I could understand 40% of all the things that appeared on the web page so i made an account real quick and now i'm preparing a blog in japanese. How did you create an account? Can you comunicate with japanese people or are you one of those who goes asking "Does someone speak english here"?

To people who live in Japan, please update me, how is everything there? are things still fatal there?

Question:

like you cant have a walk, or go to places to have fun? you have to be indoors? how are things going on there in Japan?

Answer:

Another totally clueless person. If you would bother to check the database, or news reports, you would find that the damage is limited to the northeastern area of Japan. As far as the nuclear reactor goes, about a 30km exclusion zone. Everywhere else in Japan it is business as usual. And it has been that way since immediately after the quake.

To people who live in Japan, please update me, how is everything there? are things still fatal there?

Question:

like you cant have a walk, or go to places to have fun? you have to be indoors? how are things going on there in Japan?

Answer:

What do these mean in English?

Question:

外す
取り出す
脱ぐ
抜く
取り除く
解雇する

They all seem to mean remove? When is one used over another? Please use example sentences. Thank you!

ありがとうございます

Answer:

外す＝ remove the books from the desk
取り出す= take out a book from one's pocket.
脱ぐ= remove(take off) one's wet shirt
抜く= draw a sword, have a tooth pulled out
取り除く= take a way or remove = get rid of an abstacle, remove impurities
解雇する= dismiss or discharge, fire,sack

How many days does it take to arrive to Japan from America by airplane?

Question:

Answer:

Depends on where you start from in the U.S. but flight times are usually 12-14 hours.

How many people dead in hiroshima?

Question:

Answer:

Probably at least 50,000 that morning. Thousands more in the days, weeks, and months that followed. Then many others died from what they call "A- bomb disease." Otherwise known as leukemia.

Where do you contact when your built-in cooking heater is broken?

Question:

I live in a chintai apartment and my IH cooking heater is broken. Do I contact the land lord or the service center?

Answer:

If it was provided with the apartment, I would say the landlord. If you start having things fixed without permission, you could end up having to pay. Just consider, the landlord may want to replace the item rather than have it repaired. I don't think it is up to you to make that call.

What Japanese entertainers did not survive the Tsunami in Japan?

Question:

Mangaka, singers, band members, fashion designers, mangaka, (don't care about pokemon, naruto, bleach, or one piece), doujinshika, seiyuu, etc.

Do not give me a link to a survivor's list; They are a huge alphabetized mess.

Winner is whomever give me the most names or a link to a "confirmed deceased" list.

Answer:

None. Why do you want to know?

Does anyone know the name of this japanese song?

Question:

I follow this girl who makes video and she made a video a while ago with this song that I reallyy want to know the name of but she never said the name of it and was wondering if anyone knew the name of it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4cQbyvNA…

Answer:

影二つ　(kage-futatsu)
Here is a link with the lyrics and translation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGRuyC9-…

Can a foreigner own businesses in Japan?

Question:

My uncle owns several import.export businesses and supermarkets in Japan and he is only a Hispanic.

Answer:

Yes, it's possible. Someone posted the same question recently and one comment said that you had to hire at least 2 full-time Japanese employees. I can't say whether that is true or not.